THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (HENRY VII TO ELIZABETH)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312999
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Good condition.

Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2.5" of spine. Light scuff marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Some messy colouring to the b/w illustrations. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (JAMES I TO EDWARD VII)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312998
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Good condition.

Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2" of spine. Light scratch marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Light pencil mark to rear endpaper. Some messy colour to the b/w illustrations, pencil doodles to one of the plates. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.

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LOUD LAUGHTER
Written by C. Errington Pegler. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa.
Stock no. 1311447
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1907. Good condition.

Humorous drawings illustrating "Easy French Exercises" with verses by Pegler. Pictorial boards. 8 colour plates. Spine professionally rebacked with red cloth. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Covers a little grubby and marked. Joints cracked and endpapers slightly torn. A couple of small margin tears (including 1 plate). Heavy foxing and fingering to contents.

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HORSE LAUGHTER
Written by Will H. Ogilvie; George Denholm Armour; Guy Paget. Illustrated by G. Denholm Armour.
Stock no. 1310801
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Few sports offer so many opportunities for humour as hunting. Cream pictorial boards. 87 pages. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Paget. Spine very slightly bumped, some very slight darkening to cover edges. Name plate to front endpaper. Endpapers browned and some light foxing at page edges. A few margin marks. Top of a couple of pages roughly opened resulting in a small closed tear and small piece missing from top of one page. Dustwrapper is very grubby with a few small stains and is price-cut.

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HUMOURS OF GOLF
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2109598
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Large format. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Book has been rebacked, with new endpapers and new green cloth spine that has gilt title; original covers laid down. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges; a little chipping. Some grubby marks to covers and partial cup ring mark to front cover. Some grubby margin marks.

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SYMPTOMS OF BEING AMUSED VOLUME 1
Written by Henry Alken. Illustrated by Henry Alken.
Stock no. 1804390
Published by Thos. McLean. 1st 1822. Almost very good condition.

Volume 1 (all published). Large oblong format. Three quarters burgundy leather with cloth sides. 42 handcoloured plates including title page by Alken, many in his sporting/equine style. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Includes Symptoms of a Preface page. Boards worn, faded and marked. Joints cracked but binding still tight. Inscription in ink to verso of first blank page. 41 of 42 hand coloured plates present. Frontis has been expertly repaired/relined. Probably a rebound copy as the tissue guards have watermark dating 1865. Plates wonderfully bright but grubby marks to margins and slightly affecting plates. Overall a nice copy of a weird and wonderful item!

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THE GROG INVASION
Written by Griswallt Ap Llechitwyt. Illustrated by Griswallt Ap Lechitwyt.
Stock no. 817475
Published by Y. Lolfa Cyf.. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

Chronicles of the Llandoddies. Square format. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862438926. SIGNED by author to first page.

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AN EXPERIENCE OF CRITICS
Written by Christopher Fry; et al. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 808000
Published by Perpetua. 1st 1952. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The approach to dramatic criticism. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Wrapper spine browned and worn to edges.

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THE W. HEATH ROBINSON CALENDAR
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 599110
Published by G. Delgado Ltd.. 1933. Very good condition.

Portrait format, beige card wraps with b/w illustration on front cover. One page per week with b/w cartoon and caption in Robinson's humourous style. Tied at top with red ribbon. A few grubby marks and foxspots to covers which have two small splits at top corners. Contents complete with just a few pages margins having light foxspots. A super copy of this exceptionally rare and ephemeral item.

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FRED BASSET NO. 23
Written by Graham. Illustrated by Graham.
Stock no. 598921
Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. A Daily Mail Publication. B/w cartoon strips of the popular dog! Wear and some edge-creasing to covers. Foxing to book (mostly to covers and first and last few pages.)

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GARDENING GUYED
Written by Derek McCulloch. Illustrated by Will Owen.
Stock no. 577660
Published by Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd.. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green pictorial boards. A humourous look at nature. Full-page b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author with inscription on title page. Covers very slightly marked. Spine bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and last couple of pages. Pictorial wrapper is browned, slightly edge-chipped, with dampstain to top rear edges and dark stain to title on front.

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HALFDANES NONSENSE AND NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Halfdan Rasmussen.
Stock no. 620198
Published by Schonbergske. 1ST 1973. Almost very good condition.

Translated and recreated by Kurt Hansen. Title on front cover is Halfdanes Sense and Nonsense Verse. Pictorial boards, b/w illustrations. 52 pages. ISBN: 8757006253. Edges rubbed and worn. Light (coffee?) stain to front cover. Contents clean and bright.

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